LIFE Target Fabrication Research Plan, September 2008.

Miles, R. ; Biener, J. ; Kucheyev, S. ; Montesanti, R. ; Satcher, J. ; Spadaccini, C. ; Rose, K. ; Wang, M. ; Hamza, A. ; Alexander, N. ; Brown, L. ; Hund, J. ; Petzoldt, R. ; Sweet, W. ; Goodin, D.

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关键词: Lasers;    Inertial fusion;    Fabrication;    Targets;    Accuracy;   

RP-ID  :  DE2009945632

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The target-system for the baseline LIFE fast-ignition target was analyzed to establish a preliminary estimate for the costs and complexities involved in demonstrating the technologies needed to build a prototype LIFE plant. The baseline fast-ignition target upon which this analysis was developed is shown in Figure 1.0-1 below. The LIFE target-system incorporates requirements for low-cost, high throughput manufacture, high-speed, high accuracy injection of the target into the chamber, production of sufficient energy from implosion and recovery and recycle of the imploded target material residue. None of these functions has been demonstrated to date. Existing target fabrication techniques which lead to current 'hot spot' target costs of (approx.) $100,000 per target and at a production rate of 2/day are unacceptable for the LIFE program. Fabrication techniques normally used for low-cost, low accuracy consumer products such as toys must be adapted to the high-accuracy LIFE target. This will be challenge. A research program resulting is the demonstration of the target-cycle technologies needed for a prototype LIFE reactor is expected to cost (approx.) $51M over the course of 5 years.